Teacher time management
2014 NEA Members Benefit Award
Shriver accepts Security Benefit Award
What STEM in schools can look like
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Deadline to apply: June 1, 2014
Educators reveal what worked for them
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From the Blog
Huffington Post Blog: It's About Time: Promising Efforts to Improve Our Schools With Right Amount of Time
"We all know that the time educators spend in the classroom is just the tip of the iceberg. Grading papers, working with students before and after the bell rings, staff meetings and parent conferences -- these all add to the school day in ways that are rarely tallied...
Posted Mar 6 2014
NEA Foundation Report: One step toward blowing up back-end accountability
Jal Mehta drew a deeply insightful conclusion about the teaching profession in his book, "The Allure of Order," when he observed that policy makers are doing with accountability at the back end what they should have done with capacity building at the front end...
Posted Mar 4 2014
Our top five reasons to nominate an NEA member for Awards for Teaching Excellence
Watch last year’s awardees discuss what it means to receive an Award for Teaching Excellence and how it will impact their students.For every NEA member honored at the 2014 Salute to Excellence in Education Gala in Washington, D...
Posted Feb 21 2014
California educator wins top award at gala
Congratulations to Kimberley Gilles, an English teacher at Monte Vista School in Danville, CA, and a member of the California Teachers Association, who won the evening's top honor at the gala: The NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence and $25,000...
Posted Feb 14 2014Recent Publications & Resources
Unions Leading Innovation in the Use of Time Issue Brief- Unions, Districts, and Communities to the Table Issue Brief
- High Performing School Systems Issue Brief
- Harnessing the Potential of Innovative STEM Education Programs Report
Why Students Love STEM: Milwaukee Public High Schools, Part 1 - Peer Assistance and Review Issue Brief
- Harvard’s Susan Moore Johnson on Peer Assistance and Review
- Extended Learning Opportunities Report